Sensory Processing Disorder is a condition that exists when sensory signals don’t get controlled into proper responses. It prevents part of the brain from receiving information to understand everything correctly. Sensory processing is the way our nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses. An individual with sensory processing disorder finds it complicated to process and operates from receiving information. Sensory Process Disorder develops when the child is in the womb and stays with the person throughout their life. Sensory Processing Disorder creates difficulty in interaction with others, daily routines, socially, behaviorally, emotionally and could have effects on …show more content…
The causes of sensory processing disorder are in the child 's genes. Children with sensory processing disorder often have problems with motor skills and other abilities. Due to these problems, they become socially isolated and endure low self-esteem, along with other issues. Having these problems the individual could have social and educational problems. “Sensory Processing Disorder can affect people in only one sense, just touch or just sight or just movement or in multiple senses. One person with Sensory Processing Disorder may over-respond to sensation and find clothing, physical contact, light, sound, food, or other sensory input to be unbearable. Another might under-respond and shows little or no reaction to stimulation, even pain or extreme hot and cold.” (SPDF 1) They might not be able to adapt to situations like a normal child will so they can have a hard time making friends and could be an outcast of groups. Sensory Processing Disorder is how information is processed and input is absorbed and organized. The body would be ready to learn, move, understand emotions, interact, and develop properly if they didn’t have Sensory Processing Disorder. Anyone can get help; there is valuable treatment for sensory processing disorder. Still, as children grow older, they are not diagnosed and don’t realize it till they are an adult. It can affect them in every day, work, family, friends, etc. Another research study by the Sensory Processing Disorder Scientific Work Group (Ben-Sasson, Carter, Briggs-Gowen) suggests that 1 in every 6 children experiences sensory symptoms that may be significant enough to affect aspects of everyday life functions. Symptoms of sensory processing disorder, like those of most disorders, occur within a broad spectrum of severity. While most of us have infrequent difficulties processing information, for children and adults with sensory processing disorder,
Children are a blessing from God and each one is unique in his or her own way. Some children have a harder time than others fitting in and learning both academically and socially. Many disorders and disabilities have been researched and studies in this modern age that can cause a child to have trouble learning and growing. One such disorder is the sensory processing disorder. Children with sensory processing disorder can learn like other children they just have to make an extra effort. Children with sensory processing disorder can overcome many obstacles and lead a normal life when they are older.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-I) was published in 1952 by the American Psychiatric Association to define and classify mental disorders. It did not have much influence in classifying mental disorders during that time. Up until the late 1960s, when the system of nosology starts to have some real influence on mental health professionals, the American Psychiatric Association published DSM-II in 1968. DSM-I and DSM-II system lacked precise descriptions of the disorders and relied heavily on unproven and unpopular theories. Therefore, the third edition of the DSM was published in 1980 to make new reforms to its predecessors. One of the changes was more specific classification of the disorders and being more precise. For example, phobia
ASD individuals may find it hard to communicate and socialize with others around them. However, because each child is unique, they have their own unique abilities and ways of responding to new experiences. Other issues children with ASD have include; anxiety, sleeping problems, and learning disabilities. Those who are diagnosed with ASD or any other disability are usually judged and bullied. In the documentary Violet’s mother says she is afraid of her child being labeled and underestimated because she is diagnosed with autism. A child’s disability can also affect their family members. Family members may have a difficult time understanding and getting to know the autistic child in order to provide for them. They struggle to find interventions such as treatment and therapy for them, the right medical care, and trying learn to cope with all this. At times parents and caregivers can also feel stressed or irritated knowing they have to fulfill all of the child’s needs. Siblings on the other hand, may find it unfair that the autistic child gets the most attention and
It can be noticed by the parents at early age (congenital) or during childhood (from 3 to 6 years). Recognizing ASD is by observing the patients' communication skills, interaction with people and things around him\her and sometimes by some health problems like sleeping problems and gastrointestinal distress. This changes are usually noticeable in the first two years in children because these are the most interactive and transitional years of the children's lives. (2,5) These symptoms are reduced down to three main symptoms which are social interaction, communication, and repetitive behavioral issues. Social impairment is what distinguish ASD from other developmental disorders. Most patient with ASD finds interaction with others difficult and challenging or lack the intuition about people. They also tend to avoid eye contact, fail to respond to their own names, and prefer to be alone. However they form attachments to their primary caregivers. (2,4,5)Second, communication problems which can occur in different verbal abilities from no speech to fluent, but impropriate and awkward. They are noticed when trying to ask for something or tell something, and it can appear as delay in talking or difficulty in following or starting a conversation. (5,6)Finally, is the behavioral issues which mainly are focusing on unnecessary things like the far train's voice, inability to live without daily routine, and stereotyped behavior like hand
It is most often characterized by difficulty in the child's ability to respond to people, events, and objects. Responses to sensations of light, sound, and feeling may be exaggerated. Delayed speech and language may be associated. Other characteristics include: impairment in ability to make peer friendships, absence of imaginative activity, stereotyped body movements, persistent preoccupation with parts of objects, marked distress over changes in trivial aspects of the environment, unreasonable insistence on following routines in precise detail, a restricted range of interests and a preoccupation with one narrow interest, along with many others.
As a result of these symptoms, people diagnosed with SPD have great difficulty with social relationships, and are often alienated from mainstream society. This paper aims to investigate the suspected causes of this strange disorder, focusing on environmental and hereditary factors.
Tomchek, S. D., & Dunn, W. (2007). Sensory Processing in Children With and Without Autism: A Comparative Studing Using the Short Sensory Profile. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy , 190-200.
A common comorbidity of autism spectrum disorder is sensory processing disorder. Sensory processing disorder is the breakdown in the way the nervous system receives sensory input and translates it into the appropriate responses, motor and behavioral (Sensory Processing Disorder Explained, 2014). In the normal process, the first step there is some kind of sensory input, second, the nervous system processes this input, and finally the nervous system translates it into an appropriate response. For example, the child receives sensory input when a teacher lightly touches his hand to get him back on task, his nervous system processes this input and sends signals to the brain, finally the brain translate it into an appropriate response. In this case, the child quickly gets back on task. However, with sensory processing disorder there is a breakdown somewhere along this cycle. A person who suffers from sensory processing disorder will often find it difficult to process sensory input. There can be over processing or under processing. An example of over processing would be a child painfully reacting to this teacher’s light touch. Although this teacher only lightly touched the child’s hand, this caused discomfort for the child. Over processing can make light, sound, clothing, and even food unbearable. Whereas, under processing occurs when a child does not detect ...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a general term for a group of complex disorders of brain development. They can be categorized, in many ways, by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors. ASD can be associated with intellectual disability, difficulties in motor coordination and attention and physical health issues such as sleep and gastrointestinal disturbances. Some people with ASD thrive in music, math, visual skills and art. The acute signs of autism and symptoms of autism tend to appear between the ages of 2 to 3 years old. (Autism Speaks)
Sensory processing disorder is a neurological disorder that interrupts the way a person processes and responds to the sensations. Research has shown that between 5-17 percent of the population
There is Autistic disorder, which is known the classic Autism or childhood Autism. This is what most people think of when they think of Autism. Typically, this is diagnosed by the age of 3 or as early as 18 months with abnormal development. Children and adults with Autistic disorder often have a hypersensitivity, are socially underdeveloped as well as communication. They have the stereo type of repetitive behaviors such as spinning things, tapping and or rocking movements. They may prefer one sound or texture over another while a different sound or texture could send them into a tantrum or scare them. The overly sensitive child may register the sensory objects more intensely but have a hard time removing themselves from the environment. While the sensory seeker may need more sensory to help them function and actually seek it out. Many people with Autistic disorder react better to pictures and objects rather than people and voices. People with Autistic disorder function best with a strict routine and have very little next to no flexibility in their
Children who suffer from ASD usually have the appearance of normal development and then become withdrawn and regress from social interaction (Melinda Smith, 2013). The impaired social interaction of the disorder affects communication both verbally and non- verbally (Melinda Smith, 2013). Their communication with others and the world around them is also affected, as well as their thinking and behavior (Melinda Smith, 2013).
Often within classroom environments, as well as at home, children learn through visual and auditory perception. Visual and auditory processing are key ways to learn; they are used for recognizing and interpreting information taken from the two senses of sound as well as sight. So clearly it is understood that having this disorder can make it a bit more difficult and troublesome to learn through vision and hearing, but definitely not impossible.
The term Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) refers a group of disorders that pertain to one’s communication, social, and developmental skills. Symptoms can be detected as early as infancy, as some cases are identified before the age of three. Children or toddlers with PDD may show difficulty relating to others and often have trouble using and understanding language. In addition, they may have unusual behavior patterns and demonstrate resistance during a change in their routine. PDD is a general category that includes Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, and PDD-NOS. These disorders exhibit a range of patterns and characteristics, proving that no child is the same. While one child may be high-functioning, another may completely lack language skills.
Perception disorder is when an individual is experiencing unusual senses, most often in the form of hearing voices. An individual may experience one or two voices, or even more, making comments on their behavior. They refer to the voices as unk...